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1162758880.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
17891211150005S. Bladon 1789-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set. 21 cm. Contemporary leather binding. London edition. Clean unmarked pages. Scuffs to spine leather. Vol. 1 front hinge starting. <br><br> A fascinating account of the end of Frederick the Great's reign and the relation of 18th century pre-revolutionary France to the Prussian regime. <br><br> Provenance: From the library of Ambassador William H.G. FitzGerald. <br><br> References: Caillet 7588. Hayn/Gotendorf I296. Barbier 2831. Martin & Walter 24476. Cioranescu 45214. Wolfsteig 42787 S. Bladon hardcover
178914145Dublin: P. Byrne 1789. FIRST IRISH EDITION. Contemporary calf spine and edges lightly worn; generally an excellent copy with a contemporary signature of Juliana Pratt dated 1843 on title.  . First edition a variant of a two-volume work published in London with few copies located in America. We do not know the priority of this Irish edition. <br /> <br /> After a preliminary trip to Berlin in early 1786 Mirabeau was dispatched that July on a mission to the royal court of Prussia. Returning in January he published a full account in his Secret History of the Court of Berlin 1787. This account denounced the Prussian court as scandalous and corrupt described the King of Prussia as weak and overly emotional and labeled Prince Henry of Prussia brother of Frederick the Great and a guest of the French court as narrow-minded and incompetent. The resulting uproar was an extreme embarrassment for the French government which quickly censored the book but could not prevent its widespread notoriety. Mirabeau’s episode provided inspiration to many more radical publishers who came to regard him as a leader of the coming revolution.<br /> <br /> Even Thomas Jefferson who was serving as the United States Minister to France during this period wrote to Mirabeau complimenting his “writings and talents†and provided him with materials that Jefferson wanted Mirabeau to use in future publications. P. Byrne unknown
1900019997Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. 2 vols. xxviii 325; 347p 24 plates original grey cloth mostly unopened. No. 819 of 1000 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper. Secret memoirs of the courts of Europe from the 16th to the 19th century 7-8. George Barrie & Son unknown
1789016762London: S. Bladon 1789. xxiv 364 391p. Two volumes. A good set the front cover of vol. 1 and the back cover of vol. 2 both have very weak hinges the spine ends and the forecorners of the covers are worn the leather on some of the covers shows wear and there is a bit of scribble on the front free endpaper of vol. 1. First Edition. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. S. Bladon hardcover
1761AR27GTBN25924Not Stated 1761. Hardback original full calf with gilt titles. Marbled end-papers. 17.5 x 10.5cm. viii 422pp. Important pre-French Revolution text on tax this edition published the year after the 1760 first printing. Spine rather age discoloured. A little foxing to first few pages otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Firmly bound from Ombersley Court with the bookplate of Lord Sandys on the front pastedown. . Hard Cover. Very Good. Not Stated Hardcover
176083935No place: no printer 1760. First edition of a spirited and able attack upon the financial administration of France and especially upon the "fermiers généraux" whom Mirabeau regarded as parasites preying upon the vitals of the nation. The work highlights the problems and injustices of the French system of taxation and added fuel to the fire of the coming revolution. The king disapproved of the work; Mirabeau was imprisoned on 16 December 1760 but through the efforts of Madame de Pompadour and others was released on Christmas Eve under orders to leave Paris for his estate at Bignon. The work proposes a reorganization of financial administrative machinery the abolition of the "Fermes" a reduction in the taxation upon salt with the object of increasing the total yield and a special tax upon tobacco farms. The domaine the post and the mint were to be further sources of revenue. The author ranks as one of the earliest important writers on taxation. Higgs notes that the book is "of real importance in the history of financial theory" The Physiocrats p. 57. Quarto 257 x 192 mm. Additional engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Contemporary sprinkled calf spine ruled and decorated gilt in compartments red morocco label sprinkled edges. Spine ends and corners skilfully repaired. Manuscript note to title-page "par Mr Mirabeau père" with a short verse "helas dans le Siècle ou nous sommes / pour avoir dit la vérité / Mirabeau cet ami des hommes vient de perdre la liberté" in a neat calligraphic hand. Occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Goldsmiths' 9836; Higgs 2881; INED 3204; Kress 6120. unknown
176084111No place: no printer 1760 & 1761. OF REAL IMPORTANCE IN THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL THEORY" - a BEAUTIFUL COPY First edition of both works pairing Mirabeau's Théorie de l'Impôt his spirited and able attack upon the financial administration of France especially the "fermiers généraux" whom Mirabeau regarded as parasites preying upon the vitals of the nation with Pesselier's counterattack notable for its terse affirmation of the characteristically Physiocratic doctrine that agriculture holds a privileged place in the economic system. Mirabeau's work highlights the problems and injustices of the French system of taxation and added fuel to the coming fire of the revolution. The king disapproved of the work; Mirabeau was imprisoned on 16 December 1760 but was released on Christmas Eve through the efforts of Madame de Pompadour and others under orders to leave Paris for his estate at Bignon. The work proposes a reorganization of financial administrative machinery the abolition of the "fermes" a reduction in the taxation upon salt with the object of increasing the total yield and a special tax upon tobacco farms. The domaine the post and the mint were to be further sources of revenue. Mirabeau ranks as one of the earliest important writers on taxation. Higgs notes that the book is "of real importance in the history of financial theory" The Physiocrats p. 57. Pesselier was one of the most forceful critics of the physiocrats. Of the products of the soil Pesselier here writes "Elles procurent un profit net et durable puisqu'elles sont à l'abri de l'imitation" "They provide a net and lasting profit since they are safe from imitation". Two works bound in a single vol. quarto 255 x 193 mm. Contemporary French mottled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments red morocco label marbled endpapers. Housed in a brown morocco-backed book-form case. Engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Lower edge a little rubbed with corners worn very occasional spotting; very good copies. Mirabeau: Einaudi 3946; Goldsmiths' 9602; Higgs 2297; INED 3209; Kress 5883. Pesselier: Brunet I 1118; Einaudi 4409; Goldsmiths' 9695; Higgs 2534; INED 3524; Kress 5964. unknown
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352620<p>Théorie de l'impôt. 4to. VIII 336 pp. Publisher's original boards untrimmed. Covers somewhat foxed spine strenghtened in the time with vellum slightly worn corners worn some minor foxing few small stains in outer margins edges lightly dust-soiled. - Paris o. Dr. 1760.</p><p>Very rare first edition in quarto of Mirabeau's chief work which led to the author's arrest at Vincennes. Assisted by François Quesnay Mirabeau's first book of his own after his conversion to Physiocracy offers an exposition of his economic ideas. On fiscal matters the Physiocrats famously pushed for their "single tax" l'impôt unique on landed property. The logic as laid out by Mirabeau seemed compelling. Any taxes levied throughout the economy will just passed from sector to sector until they fall upon the net product. As land is the only source of wealth then the burden of all taxes ultimately bears down on the landowner. So instead of levying a complicated collection of scattered taxes which are difficult to administer and can cause temporary distortions it is most efficient to just go to the root and tax land rents directly. This book was published the same year also in a duodecimo edition which is fare more current than the present quarto edition. - Untrimmed copy with wide margins</p><p>Provenance: From the collection of Basel economics professor Edgar Salin 1892-1974 with his handwritten entry on the first flyleaf.</p><p>References: Tchemerzine VIII 285; Barbier IV 702; Kress 5883; Humpert 13028; Higgs 2297; INED 3209; Goldsmith 9602.</p> Paris 1760
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130404E. Dentu 1887 París. . 17x11. 308 pgs. Pequeño desgarro en la parte inferior de la cubierta. Texto en francés. Ex-Libris de Romero Martínez. M9310 E. Dentu, 1887, París. unknown
1851589816Paris: Librairie Ve Le Normant 1851. 3-volume set with raised bands; interiors lightly foxed cover edges rubbed corners lightly bumped; cover of vol. 2 lightly soiled; bindings tight; covers edges and interiors intact and relatively clean. First Edition. leather_bound. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Librairie Ve Le Normant hardcover
192831595Paris: Editions Mornay 1928. Near Fine. Paris: Éditions Mornay 1928. First Illustrated Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 146. Small quarto; mid-century three-quarter brown crushed morocco over marbled boards gilt spine in five compartments top edge gilt marbled endpapers original wrappers bound in; 362pp.; frontispiece illus. throughout. Very light wear to leather spine a shade sunned attractive Montreal bookseller ticket of Libraire Deom to front pastedown else a Near Fine example. Editions Mornay unknown
192631594Paris: Chez A. & G. Mornay 1926. Very Good. Paris: Chez A. & G. Mornay 1926. First Illustrated Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 257. Small quarto; mid-century three-quarter brown crushed morocco over marbled boards gilt spine in five compartments top edge gilt marbled endpapers original wrappers bound in; 401pp.; illus. throughout. Very light wear to leather spine a shade sunned brief spotting at spine crown attractive Montreal bookseller ticket of Libraire Deom to front pastedown else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Chez A. & G. Mornay unknown
17958233Paris: Jahyer et Geslin 1795-1798. Lievi sbucciature sui dorsi complessivamente ben conservato; leggera gora sull'ultima carta del tomo secondo e sulla tavola all'antiporta del tomo terzo della suite dedicata alle Elegie lieve gora sull'angolo della segnatura “e†del tomo terzo; una tavola del tomo secondo slegata ma presente. Tre volumi opera completa in mezza pelle ottocentesca con titoli dorati e falsi nervi sul dorso sbucciature 8vo cm13x21.5 pp 4 XX 375 1 4 593 1 4 388; complessive 15 tavole. Segnatura: 2 a10 A-Z8 Aa4 2 A-Z8 Aa8 Bb2 Cc4 C4 bianca e incollata alla sguardia 3 a-z8 aa2 bb8. Lievi sbucciature sui dorsi complessivamente ben conservato; leggera gora sull'ultima carta del tomo secondo e sulla tavola all'antiporta del tomo terzo della suite dedicata alle Elegie lieve gora sull'angolo della segnatura “e†del tomo terzo; una tavola del tomo secondo slegata ma presente. Elegie di Tibullo con traduzione di Mirabeau a fronte; seguono la versione anch'essa con testo a fronte del Liber Basiorum di Jean Second Jan Everaerts e alcune novelle di argomento mitologico. La traduzione del Livre de Baisers fu composta da Mirabeau durante la prigionia a Vincennes e dedicata all'amante Sophie de Ruffey il cui nome è sostituito nel testo a quello di Neera “parce qu'il m'eût été impossible d'adresser à une autre qu'à Sophie des choses si tendresâ€; qui pubblicata per la prima volta e imprimée sur l'original écrit de la main de Sophie questa raccolta di 19 basia più Un bacio è poco di Guarini anch'esso liberamente tradotto a fronte è adorna del noto ritratto di Sophie col motto In Bel Corpo anima bella inciso da Jean-Louis Delignon su disegno di Antoine Borel. L'apparato iconografico è quasi interamente firmato da Borel ed è composto dai ritratti di Sophie e di Mirabeau quest'ultimo inciso da Etienne Claude Voysard e da dodici tavole incise da François-Rolland Elluin per le elegie di Tibullo; un'ulteriore quindicesima tavola è dedicata alla traduzione de La rete di Vulcano overo gli amori di Marte et di Venere di Ferrante Pallavicino che apre il terzo volume disegnata da Clément-Pierre Mariller e incisa da Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel. Qualche dubbio nelle bibliografie sulla datazione di quest'opera presumibilmente completata fra il 1795 e il 1798 e qui offerta nella variante con frontespizio con la data posteriore AN VI 1798 nonostante il colophon del tomo II porti la data AN 3 1795. Cohen-Ricci II 993; Graesse VII 159 Jahyer et Geslin unknown
1792118246Paris Strasbourg et Londres: Garnery Treuttel et de Boffe 1792. Hardcover. Very good. 4 Vols. FRENCH language text. xlvi 358p; 414p; 430p; 418p. 17.5 cm full leather binding with gilt spine and trim on vols. 1-3. Vol. 4 rebound in library cloth with gold lettering on spine. Ex-library with labels date record sheets and stamps on endpapers. Stain from library labelling on spine of vol. 4. Front board detached on vol. 1. Spine leather cracked and fragile on vol. 2. Some staining and spotting to pages but mostly clean with text unmarked. Sold "as-is." <br/><br/>Ecrites due Donjon de Vincennes pendant les annees 1777 78 79 et 80; Contenant tous les details sur sa vie privee ses malheurs et ses amours avec Sophie Fuffei Marquise de Monnier. Garnery, Treuttel, et de Boffe hardcover
179220360Paris:: Chez Le Jay Libraire 1792. Third and best edition corrected and revised by the author. contemporary mottled sheep; gilt spine. Slightly worn at extremities and joints; light tide mark affecting the first few leaves; but a nice copy. 8vo. Suivi de l"Avis aux Hessois & de la Reponse aux Conseils de la Raison. Chez Le Jay, Libraire, unknown
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17921602090032Le Jay 1792-01-01. Third. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in period French calf. Gilt spine and rule. Scuffed corners. All edges marbled. xl 336 pp. 20 cm. Good binding and cover. Internally very good slight tanning to a few pages. Honore Gabriel Riqueti comte de Mirabeau 1749-1791 was President of the National Assembly of France. Mirabeau was imprisoned intermittently after an altercation with a nobleman from 1774 until 1782. He was able to gain his freedom and defeat an impending death sentence through his oratory and legal acumen. This work An Essay on Despotism first published in 1775 helped establish Mirabeau as a powerful critic of the old regime. "Du fond d'un cachot le genie de la Revolution Mirabeau lance l'anatheme au despotisme et reduit celui qui se croit roi simplement parce qu'il est fils de roi a la condition d'un salarie que ses sujets peuvent remercier brutalement de ses services." Ch.L. Chassin. He was also an associate of the American Ambassador Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson who provided him with American pro-liberty pamphlets. Mirabeau played an import role in draft the 1789 "Declaration of the Rights of Man". As the revolution became increasingly radical Mirabeau attempted to divert it to a more moderate course in the mold of England's constitutional monarchy. His death in 1791 allowed for the more extreme elements of the revolution Robespierre to come to greater prominence. On this book Gazette Litteraire states: "C'est l'ouvrage le plus fort qui ait encore ete ecrit sur la matiere. Il fut compose durant les dernieres annees doppression du regne de Louis XV pour ranimer les restes d'une liberte mourante dont il depeint les injustices les vexations les atrocites avec une plume de fer." Gazette litteraire Suard et Arnaud n. 31 Nov. 1776. See also: Louis Petit de Bachaumont Rougnard. "Memoires secrets pour servir a l'histoire de la republique des lettres." 1780. Le Jay hardcover
157113619101571 - 1947. <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The Russell Collection contains over 300 books broadsides and pieces of ephemera produced between the waning decades of the ancien regime and the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. The collection was assembled in the early 1950s by William F. Russell 1890 – 1956 President of Columbia University’s Teacher’s College from 1949 to 1954. With material spanning the 16th to the early 20th century the majority of the collection was produced between 1775 and 1800. Highlights include early editions of the 1791 and 1793 French Constitutions letters written and signed by pioneering economist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot and official documents signed by Robespierre and other members of the Comite du Salut Public. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The Collection is comprised of the following components: 1 The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime; 2 Ideological Roots of Revolution; 3 The Transition to Republicanism and Collapse of the Monarchy; 4 The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety; 5 Historical and Contemporary Context; and 6 Miscellanea Ephemera Manuscripts and Books.</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">Most of the printed material was published by one of the two major publishing houses in Limoges. This concentration of material from a single city offers perspective on the publication and distribution of political and governmental texts in a particular city or departement one which was especially impacted by the Crown’s frequently shifting tax and trade policies. It also provides important insight into the early work and career of Anne Robert Jacques Turgot who served as intendant of Limoges from 1761 – 1774. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">Limoges was home to several printing houses which at various times during the Monarchy and Revolution were designated as official printers of government documents for the region. Most notable among these were the Barbou and Dalesmes families. Both families had been established printers for centuries but the Barbou appear to have been too closely aligned with the ecclesiastical hierarchy – after 1791 all of the officially published material printed in Limoges was released by members of chez Dalesme. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">1 The French Monarchy and the Ancien Regime</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">A significant portion of the collection is made up of documents from the reign of Louis XVI issued by the crown members of the regime and the Parisian Parlement in the two decades leading up to the Revolution. These items ranging from royal decrees to trial testimonies illustrate governmental practice under the monarchy especially as it relates to trade policy and criminal justice. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">2 Ideological Roots of Revolution</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The Russell Collection includes a number of books and tracts from writers crucial to the development of revolutionary thought and discourse in France during the 18th-century. First or early editions by Mirabeau Raynal Mounier Marat and Condorcet written before and during the upheavals of the early 1790s reveal the increasingly liberal and radical intellectual currents among France’s intelligentsia. First or early editions of works by Jacques Necker and Turgot also appear shedding light on abortive efforts at modernization during the various governments under Louis XVI.</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">3 The Transition to Republicanism and Dissolution of the Monarchy</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">The full span of the National Assembly from its foundations during the Brienne and Necker governments to its ceding of legislative authority to the National Convention is captured through official printed documents Royal and republican periodicals regionally-drafted complaints and instructions and published addresses. Also included are first or early editions of the French Constitutions of 1791 and 1793 as well as various edicts and documents issued by Louis XVI during l’Assemblee Nationale. The formal inauguration of the National Convention and the removal of all executive powers from the King is represented both by an Extrait of the relevant Assembly session and in an officially published broadside explaining “des motif d’apres lesquels l’Assemblee Nationale a proclame la convocation d’un Convention nationale et prononce la suspension su Pouvoir executive dans les mains du Roi.â€</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">4 The National Convention and the Committee for Public Safety;</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">A substantial component of the Russell Collection is comprised of material created by or related to the Convention Nationale and the Comite du Salut Public. Nearly 90 official decrees from the legislative body are present in addition to numerous printed addresses departmental complaints and two officially published broadsides related to the trial of Louis XVI. Other highlights include printed decrees and orders from the Committee for Public Safety a document issued by the Parisian Communards and an order signed by seven members of the Committee. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">5 Historical and Contemporary Context;</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">A subset of the Collection is made up of books and pamphlets responding to the events of the Revolution from contemporaneous accounts to late 19th-century histories. The works published during the 1790s and early 1800s whether biographies of revolutionaries or socio-political commentaries reveal the mix of horror regret enthusiasm and hope stirred up among emigres international observers and participants in the revolutionary melee. The texts printed after 1840 reflect the intensive documentary approach of the French historians in the latter half of the century. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">6 Miscellaneous Documents regional subject-specific etc.</p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:36pt;">Also included are a number of items ephemera and manuscripts that are either subject specific and tangentially related to the French Revolution i.e.; treatises on the French language moral philosophy deduced from botanical studies 17th century medicine or specific to Limoges and the Haute-Vienne. The latter includes several 16th and 17th century manuscripts from Limoges and Orleans. Several 20th century books inscribed to the collector W.F. Russell appear in the collection as well. </p> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p> <p><br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">All items are in good or better condition unless otherwise stated.</p> <br /> <br /> <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;">To view the full inventory please click HERE.</p> . 1361910. Special Collections. unknown
